Afrikathon is the largest Pan African hackathon on a mission to evolve the next generation of learners, and inventors in Africa using hackathons.
Given that there are over a third of educated African youths that are unemployed or underemployed due to lack of technical expertise, experience or opportunities; while there is an increasing demand for a digitally skilled workforce.
Afrikathon is an initiative created to address that by hosting our Virtual Event on the 11th – 16th of May, 2020, where our participants will learn design thinking, form a team across the continent and build a tech solution to create opportunities for over 400 million talented
Africans and win cool prizes.
This hackathon is unique in that it brings together developers, designers, business developers, project managers and tech enthusiasts from Kenya, Ghana, Mali, Congo, Malawi, Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria to work on a common solution remotely.
In order to participate one needs to have completed the 2 hour IBM Design Thinking course and be a certified Design Thinking Practitioner in order to encourage a different approach to think about the problem.
In the midst of the increased remote work requirements, this remote hackathon is fitting as it allows collaboration across the continent.
Participants will communicate via Slack and the winners will be selected by a panel of experienced judges. What are the prizes for the
winners?
Over $12,000 worth in giveaways, cash, credits with more benefits to be announced soon.
Registrations are now open for the Pan African Hackathon and the event will run from 11 – 16 May 2020. You can sign up here to participate.
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